National Sports

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens announced Wednesday that veteran sports journalist Chantal Machabée is the team's new vice president, communications. Machabée, a native of Laval, Que.

MUNICH — Bayern Munich says Canadian star Alphonso Davies has joined the list of players to test positive for COVID-19. The Bundesliga club says the 21-year-old fullback from Edmonton is well and self-isolating at home.

Canadian Stephanie Labbé is one of three finalists for The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper. The 35-year-old from Stony Plain, Alta.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets are responding to new coach Dave Lowry. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 26 shots and the Jets won their third straight game, beating the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 on Tuesday night.

WINNIPEG — Adam Beckman and Kyle Rau scored shootout goals to lead the Iowa Wild to a 3-2 win over the Manitoba Moose in American Hockey League action Tuesday night. Beckman and Chris Bennett scored in regulation for Iowa (12-11-2-2).

TORONTO — Fred VanVleet continues to make a mid-season push to be named to the NBA all-star game in Cleveland next month.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Patric Hornqvist scored twice, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped a season-high 47 shots and the Florida Panthers pushed their winning streak to four games by topping the Calgary Flames 6-2 on Tuesday night.

SUDBURY, ONTARIO — Caeden Carlisle, Tye Kartye, Tyler Savard and Tanner Dickinson all had a goal and an assist to lead the Soo Greyhounds past the Sudbury Wolves 6-1 in the OHL's lone game Tuesday night.

The final few weeks of Olympic preparation are pressure enough, says figure skater Eric Radford. Now Canada's elite athletes have the spectre of COVID-19 threatening to derail their Olympic dreams before they even get to Beijing.

CALGARY — The company that owns the NHL's Calgary Flames says an agreement with the city on the construction of a new arena to replace the aging Scotiabank Saddledome has been terminated.